Tag: Celebrate Recovery
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Praise God, He Still Heals Our Afflictions
by Bob Russell, ©2024 (Aug. 19, 2024) — [Editor’s Note: Please see previous chapters of this series here.] I write this chapter on August 19, 2024, ten years to the day after the severe stroke that nearly took my life and spawned this series of articles to give praise and glory to Almighty God for…
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Who is Your King?
by ProfDave, ©2023 (Nov. 30, 2023) — Sunday was Christ the King Sunday at my church. Is He really? The universe is a mess. “Mother Earth” is sick, dying according to some. Mankind is sinking into insanity. America is a mess, not to mention the Middle East. We are all at each other’s throats. Just…
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My Gratitude List
by ProfDave, ©2022 (Nov. 23, 2022) — In recovery we are urged to keep a gratitude list. If you are depressed, and don’t really want to get out of bed in the morning, list three things you are thankful for – or even one. It is guaranteed to help. Hmmm. Start with a warm bed…
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Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Nov. 23, 2021) — Turkey Day is on its way! Get the turkey, don’t let the turkeys get you. Most of us will eat too much and too many of us will forget why we are eating so much. Duh. We are eating so much for two reasons: 1) because we have…
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Coming Clean: Step Five
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Sep. 27, 2021) — This is the top of the mountain. Step Four is a long hard climb, but from here you can see forever. We are all broken people living in a broken world. We have flaws in our DNA, our minds, our emotions and our spirits. We have wounds and…
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Bring Back the Glory
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Sep. 16, 2021) — In the 9/2/21 edition of Breakpoint John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander tell of a young Evangelical who lost his faith because he could have the same experience at a Coldplay concert that he had “worshiping” at his church. He concluded that his religious experience was “just another man-made…
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Let Us Examine Our Ways: Step Four
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Sep. 14, 2021) — Do you really want to change? To be free? To grow? To improve your relationships with yourself, with others and with God? To start the process in earnest, you need to examine yourself systematically, so that, at last, you can leave the hurtful past behind. If you have…
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Life Hurts, God Heals
by ProfDave, ©2921 (Feb. 24, 2021) — Life hurts. We start out being a pain to our mothers and end up being a pain to our kids. In between is just pain, mostly. The Indian mystics are right, suffering is the predominant reality of life. Happiness is an illusion(?). Life doesn’t add up. Solomon said…
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Bible Thumpers’ Anonymous
“A POWER GREATER THAN YOURSELF” by ProfDave, ©2020 (Oct. 13, 2020) — What is a “bible-thumper?” Are they dangerous? If you call me and your number is unrecognized, I answer “Celebrate Recovery, how may I help you?” Celebrate Recovery® is a Christ-centered, 12 Step, life-recovery support program for all hurts, habits and hang-ups. There are…
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CedarPoint Church and the Priesthood Motorcycle Ministry, a Union Made in Heaven
“TO BE RELENTLESSLY GOOD” by Bob Russell, ©2018 (Aug. 14, 2018) — August 12, 2018 saw the launch of a new chapter of The Priesthood, a motorcycle organization dedicated to the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through service to communities. I became familiar with the group through my attendance of Celebrate Recovery at…